Henry Purcell: ‘Music for a While’

Antonia Blankenberg
Course by Antonia Blankenberg, updated more than 1 year ago

Description

Music for a While was written by Henry Purcell in 1692 and is the second of four movements from the music to the play Oedipus by John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee. Oedipus is based on the story of the Greek king who was a victim of prophecy.